CVE-2024-14012: revenera installshield Untrusted Search Path
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-14012 is a high (CVSS 7.3) Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in revenera installshield. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 29-10-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 29-10-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Potential privilege escalation issue in Revenera InstallShield version 2023 R1 running a renamed Setup.exe on Windows. When a local administrator executes a renamed Setup.exe, the MPR.dll may get loaded from an insecure location and can result in a privilege escalation. The issue has been fixed in versions 2023 R2 and later.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST7.3HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS trend
Probability
0.13%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
3%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.13% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Revenera1 product
- installshield2023.R1
1 vendor · 1 product